Woody
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of woodie. alt-of, alternative
- 2 A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing. slang
"And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016."
- 3 An erect penis. slang, vulgar
- 1 Covered in woods; wooded.
"She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […]."
- 2 Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
- 3 Belonging to the woods; sylvan. obsolete
"with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace."
- 4 Non-herbaceous.
"Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants."
- 5 Lignified.
"the woody parts of a plant"
- 1 made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls wordnet
- 2 abounding in trees wordnet
- 3 made of or containing or resembling wood wordnet
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Woodrow.
"Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever."
Antonyms
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More examples"The Ship Island region was as woody and tenantless as ever."
Etymology
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
From wood + -y (diminutive suffix).
Clipping of Woodrow + -y.
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